Ronald receives plaque from Malabon City Mayor.

MCCID alumni Aldrin D. Gabriel and Ronald Josef Santiago had been awarded the “Gawad ng Pagpapahalaga” (Award of Recognition) by Kalipunan ng mga Samahan sa Malabon during the Gintong Parangal Awards Night held at the City Hall last September 8, 2007.

This recognition was given to Gabriel and Santiago as an expression of pride and honor for the City of Malabon. They were able to contribute excellence in their profession despite their disabilities and has attained a greater and productive well being.

Malabon City Mayor Canuto Oreta personally handed the awards to them. Senator Loren Legarda was the special guest speaker. Aldrin and Ronald, MCCID batch 2005 graduates are currently working at the Management Information Systems Division of City Hall since 2006.

Aquarius R. Balisi paints in water color. The event was held at North Greenhills Clubhouse, November 21. He competed in two categories and won the bronze medal for combined scores.

A total of eleven medals were brought home by all the faculty, staff and students of MCCID during the 2nd National Capital Region-Abilympics Skills Competition held at three separate venues from November 21 – 24, 2005.

Each deaf student was represented by the particular Local Government Unit which is responsible for the materials, allowances and equipment needed. Here are the winners:

Dianne A. Barcelona (in blue dress) pose together with (from left) Sir Jojo, Ma'am Marinela A. Veras (silver medalist) and Ma'am Luz Cabauatan of DSWD-QC during the closing ceremonies. Dianne won the gold medal in English Text Processing.

Sir Jojo I. Esposa Jr. interprets during the closing program held at Makati City Hall, November 24.

The gold medalists will compete for the 12th Philippine National Skills Competition on December 6 – 7, 2005 at Mapua IT Center and Robinson’s Place, EDSA. Hopefully, the winners will represent the Philippines in the 7th International Abilympics Skills Competition at Shizuoka, Japan in 2007.

The NCR Skills Competition is a joint activity of the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP), Department of Social Welfare and Development – NCR (DSWD), Local Government Units, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) as well as Soroptimist Society of Makati City.

During the Opening Program and Day 1 competition held at Club Filipino, Aquarius R. Balisi competed in Painting and Emil Zion Punzalan for photography. On Day 2 competition held at the Mabini Hall of Quezon Memorial Circle, Oscar Purificacion joined in Poster Designing and Joseph Asuncion in Cabinet Making. The third day saw most of the competitors in Information technology competed at the University of Makati.